The fishing village is busy with the season of processing anchovies for export.
(Baonghean.vn) - Every year, fishermen in Quynh Luu go out to sea and catch a lot of anchovies, so the fish processing and drying industry in the area is also bustling, especially at the end of the year.
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| In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong's family's anchovy processing facility in Quynh Thuan commune had to mobilize more than 50 workers to work due to heavy orders; workers dried and exposed fish, working overtime at night. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Workers are preparing trays of fresh anchovies to be steamed and dried. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| The fish steamers are built with tall concrete molds, inside of which is hot water of over 100 degrees Celsius continuously boiling; each tray of fish will be dropped into the mold to cook. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| The dried fish processing facility of Mr. Tran Van Thanh in Quynh Long commune is also busy processing anchovies. At this time, he has mobilized about 80 workers. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa - a worker, in sunny weather, the fish are dried for 2 days; currently the weather is cold and the humidity is high, so it takes 3-4 days. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Mr. Thanh said that his facility purchases about 1,300 - 1,500 tons of fresh anchovies each year. After preliminary processing and drying, the remaining output is about 500 - 700 tons. Dried anchovies are exported to China at a price of 34,000 VND/kg. "Anchovies are processed the most in March and from July to December. Especially in the last 2 months of the year, we purchase about 200 tons of fresh fish, processing about 80 tons of dried fish for export." Mr. Thanh shared. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Quynh Luu district currently has 5 facilities for processing and drying anchovies. In 2017, the total output of fresh anchovies exploited was more than 4,000 tons, of which more than 2,000 tons were processed and exported to the Chinese and Malaysian markets, with a revenue of tens of billions of VND. During Tet, due to the large volume of goods, many dried anchovies processing facilities mobilized hundreds of local workers to work continuously; the average salary of workers was from 4 to 5 million VND/month. Photo: Viet Hung |
